Mel's Overused Draft Phrase

[Abe Sargent]

I'm tired of him saying that practically every player was a "Potential Top 10 Pick Going Into This Year." What a meaningless phrase. Random McScrubby from Podunk University in Division III is a "potential" top 10 pick before a season begins.

-Anxiety

[tucker342]

I know what you mean, hasn't he said that about almost every single guy so far?

[bigdawg2003]

I like how every coach and GM when asked about their pick says "we didn't expect him to be there when we picked"

MEL: Coach Lewis, how surprised are you that Palmer fell to you at #1?"
LEWIS: Well, we certainly didn't expect him to be at #1 where we usually pick every year, but it was a very pleasant surprise and we hope that Palmer does better than our recent QB selections in round 1, which I guess could be worded "I hope he's better than mediocre". We thought the team with the #0 pick would jump all over Palmer, but obviously that wasn't the case.
MEL: Palmer was definiately a potential top 10 pick in the 5th round before the season started, so it'll be interesting to see how the Bung....I mean Bengals mess this up. Back to you Boomer!"

[cthomer5000]

EDIT: I thought the topic was "most overused draft phrase." Mel doesn't actually do this, but EVERYONE else does:



I hate pluralisms.

they are a lot better after adding a Jerome McDougale.

uhh, is there a line of McDougle clones available in the draft?

[mckerney]

Upside Potential?

[Poli]

Mine was value. I've never heard the word used more than by Kiper.

[tucker342]

Originally posted by mckerney
Upside Potential?

ya, he has a lot of potential, to eventually have potential.


Or something...:D